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LH Annual Report 2007 Annual Report La’o Hamutuk January – December 2007 Table of Contents Mission............................................................................................................................................2 Situational background.................................................................................................................2 Goals and objectives......................................................................................................................4 Program activities .........................................................................................................................4 Bulletin........................................................................................................................................4 Website and email list .................................................................................................................5 Radio program.............................................................................................................................6 Public meetings ...........................................................................................................................6 Resource center and library.........................................................................................................6 International and national media.................................................................................................6 Principal areas of research, monitoring and advocacy..............................................................7 Natural resources (petroleum development) ...............................................................................7 Governance ...............................................................................................................................10 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................12 Bilateral assistance....................................................................................................................13 NGO coalitions.............................................................................................................................13 Evaluating and strengthening La’o Hamutuk’s work.............................................................15 Strengthening La’o Hamutuk as an organization......................................................................15 Results of La’o Hamutuk’s work ..............................................................................................16 Plans for 2008 ..............................................................................................................................18 Strengthening our organization.................................................................................................18 Program activities......................................................................................................................18 Appendix I: Financial information............................................................................................21 Appendix II: Radio programs....................................................................................................25 Appendix III: Public meetings and presentations....................................................................27 Appendix IV: La’o Hamutuk in local and international media .............................................28 Appendix V: Staff and Advisory Board biographies ...............................................................30 La’o Hamutuk Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis 1/1ª Rua Mozambique, Farol, Dili, Timor-Leste P.O. Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste Mobile phone: +670-7234330; Land phone: +670-3325013 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.laohamutuk.org La’o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2007 Page 2 Mission La’o Hamutuk (“Walking Together” in English) is a seven-year-old Timor-Leste organization that moni- tors, analyzes and reports on the principal international institutions present in Timor-Leste as they relate to the physical, economic and social reconstruction and development of the country. La’o Hamutuk be- lieves that the people of Timor-Leste must be the ultimate decision-makers in this process, which should be democratic and transparent. La’o Hamutuk is an independent organization which works to facilitate effective Timorese participation in the reconstruction and development of the country. In addition, La’o Hamutuk works to improve communication between the international community and Timor-Leste’s people. Finally, La’o Hamutuk is a resource center, providing literature on development models, experiences and practices, as well as facilitating solidarity links between Timor-Leste groups and groups abroad with the aim of creating al- ternative development models. La’o Hamutuk does not accept financial or other support from the principal institutions with interests in Timor-Leste – United Nations agencies, international financial institutions, major donor governments, international businesses operating here, etc. Although this makes it more difficult for us to finance our work, it is essential to providing objective analysis and monitoring of those institutions. We rely on fund- ing from foundations, NGOs, and governments of small countries, as well as individuals. La’o Hamutuk tries to follow a model of equitable cooperation between Timor-Leste and foreign activ- ists, and our Timor-Leste and international staff have equal responsibilities and receive equal pay and benefits. We are committed to positive representation for women and capacity-building among our staff, which at the end of 2007 included four women and four men working full-time, as well as one man working part-time. Situational background Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of Timor-Leste was horrific, causing the deaths of more than 100,000 Timor-Leste people. In 1999, the Indonesian military and their militia proxies launched a wave of terror and devastation before and after the vote for independence. In response, the international community es- tablished the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). During the subsequent eight-month “emergency period,” many international organizations came to Timor-Leste. These multilateral, governmental and non-governmental agencies provided desperately needed resources and expertise, but coordination was often poor, and many international workers were insensitive toward local needs and capabilities. Combined with errors and systemic weaknesses of UNTAET, the World Bank and other organizations, these factors led to numerous problems. Some deci- sions taken during that time, particularly regarding the military, police and justice, returned in 2006 to haunt the people of Timor-Leste. On 20 May 2002, sovereignty passed from the UN to Timor-Leste’s elected government. Foreign gov- ernments, international financial institutions, and multinational corporations continue to play major roles. The third UN mission (UNMISET) ended in May 2005, although the UN maintained a smaller presence in the form of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL), which had been scheduled to be re- duced again in mid-2006. Billions of dollars have been spent on aid projects, but much remains unreconstructed and widespread skills shortages remain. The international community has not met its commitment to end impunity for crimes committed during the Indonesian occupation. As the ongoing crisis vividly demonstrates, policies advocated by international financial institutions, foreign governments, foreign companies, international agencies and advisors have often not worked for this country. These agencies are particularly involved in key areas like exploiting Timor-Leste’s petroleum resources, directing and screening donor contributions to Timor-Leste, providing “advisors” in all sectors of government, and advocating fee-for-service, pri- vate-sector economic policies as they have in many other developing countries. Since 2006, Timor-Leste has faced a multidimensional crisis, a consequence of centuries of colonization, 24-years of occupation and the uncompleted process of self-determination. State institutions remain frag- ile despite international community support, the government depends on petroleum revenues, unem- La’o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2007 Page 3 ployment is high and increasing every year, a culture of impunity culture is developing and law enforce- ment and the judiciary are very weak, to name a few problems. The crisis took more than a hundred Timorese lives, destroyed thousands of houses, displaced tens of thousands of people, and made some institutions non-functional, including the command structure of the national police (PNTL). The crisis also reduced confidence in Timor-Leste’s leaders and state institu- tions. The new Government has to resolve those problems, include restoring public trust in the PNTL and military (F-FDTL). In 2007, Timor-Leste’s people elected a new President of the Republic and 65 Parliamentary representa- tives. These are the first national elections administered by Timorese institutions, although the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), UNDP and foreign security forces played impor- tant roles in the process and follow-up. Timor-Leste’s Government continues to consolidate itself, but international financial institutions, foreign governments, foreign companies, bilateral and multilateral
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